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Apple varieties, United Kingdom

Stembridge Jersey

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

A seedling which originated from the Kingsbury Episcopi area of central Somerset.Introduced by Mr W.J. Stuckey and named after the local village of Stembridge. A biennial cropper producing small to medium fruits.Produces a bittersweet cider.

Stembridge Jersey
Where Stembridge Jersey came from.

Sources

  1. Stembridge Jersey (accession 1989 - 109), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late october).
  2. Ploidy level (descriptor 115159), study MALUS.PLOIDYDETERMINATION.2008, USDA Agricultural Research Service, GRIN-Global, 2008. Supports: its ploidy, diploid, measured by flow cytometry on accession PI 589693 of the USDA apple collection at Geneva, New York.

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